“Paul has made a fantastic contribution to Domain, building a first class tech stack. Paul moves his career back into start-up land and we wish him the best of luck," Domain chief technology officer Mark Cohen said.

"We are recruiting to replace, and for a series of new roles.”

McManus spent a year-and-a-half from 2009 at the start-up HubOne working as a senior engineer.

He joins DesignCrowd as its chief technology officer. McManus has been contacted for comment.

The start-up - which started life in 2008 with just $70,000 of credit and loans - says the nearly 600,000 designers across 165 countries on its platform have earned almost $44 million in work since the company first launched.

It employs around 48 people across three countries, according to the Financial Review.

Domain will start trading as a listed entity this week after Fairfax Media shareholders voted in favour of a spin-off in early November.

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